Zearn has our NY engage math lessons all online for your child to review or challenge depending on how well he or she does on each lesson.

The student increases BRAIN power.

Stride Academy is also an awesome learning tool. I create Math quizzes to

match our skill that we are learning in class.

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Math Hello Letter for Dec. 5-16 with Zearn and Stride codes for each class
Due Date: 1/4/2017
Subject: 3024 Math

Third Grade Math Hello Letter for December 5-16, 2016

Dear Parents,

Thank you for all of your help and hard work in helping your child in 2016. Over the holidays if your child can get on Zearn or Stride Academy, then it will help your child with his or her Math skills. THANKS again for all you do to help our child with his or her education.

Thank you very much to all of the wonderful parents and grandparents that helped bake sweets for the PTA Fall Festival. Thank you to the parents who worked a shift at the Sweet Shop as well! Your help with this was greatly appreciated!

STRIDE ACADEMY Login is kcc10242

Login to Zearn.org Mrs. Phillips Zearn code is GD9F8V.

Miss Marcie’s zearn code is JE3E6B.

Mrs. Whiddon’s zearn code is YK7T4G.

Monday: Count by units of 6 to multiply and divide using number bonds to decompose.

Tuesday: Count by units of 7 to multiply and divide using number bonds to decompose.

Wednesday: Use the distributive property as a strategy to multiply and divide using units of 6 and 7.

Thursday: Interpret the unknown in multiplication and division to model and solve problems using units of 6 and 7.

Multiplication Drills on the 2-9 facts that each child has not mastered yet this 9 weeks. Please remember there are 10 facts 1-10 scrambled in 30 seconds. Keep studying your X facts. Practice makes perfect. It is very important that your child knows his or her multiplication facts for this module and for his or her future success in Math.

Friday: Test on Topic A and B

If time permits we will start Topic C Lesson 8 today.

Lesson 8: Understand the function of parentheses and apply to solving problems.

The PTA Fall Festival is Thursday, November 17 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Please remember that I need your help with our Sweet Shop. Please send homemade sweets individually wrapped in zip lock bags to sell for a ticket on that day by 4:00. Best sellers in the past have been: fudge and divinity. Other items that we have sold are cookies, etc. THANKS again for your help with the PTA Fall Festival. The PTA helps our school! Your help is deeply appreciated!

If you have not signed up to work a 30 minute shift at the PTA Fall Festival, then please sign below.

6:00-6:30______________________6:30-7:00_________________________

7:00-7:30______________________7:30-8:00_________________________

Happy THANKSgiving to you and your family!

I am very thankful for each one of you!

Monday: Review the Test from Friday. Complete an end of the Module Assessment activity. The end of the Module Assessment is Tuesday. Please review and complete the back of this hello letter for a review.

Tuesday: End of the Module Assessment

Wednesday: NEW Module 3 builds fluency with familiar multiplication and division facts, preparing students for the work ahead by introducing the use of a letter to represent the unknown in various positions (3.OA.3, 3.OA.4).

It is imperative that each child knows his or her multiplication facts to excel in this module and in mathematics in the future.

Thursday: Apply the distributive and commutative properties to relate multiplication facts 5 × n + n to 6 × n and n × 6 where n is the size of the unit.

Multiplication drills will be on the 2-9 facts scrambled in 30 seconds for every student this week to check fluency.

Friday: Multiply and divide with familiar facts using a letter to represent the unknown.

Please check highlandhomeschoolinsites for updated hello letters, websites, and other important information for math class under classroom assignments click on Melissa Phillips.

STRIDE ACADEMY Login is kcc10242

Login to Zearn.org Mrs. Phillips Zearn code is GD9F8V.

Miss Marcie’s zearn code is JE3E6B.

Mrs. Whiddon’s zearn code is YK7T4G.

Zearn login in cards were sent home earlier in the year. If your child is having trouble logging into Zearn or Stride, then please let his or her teacher know. The Zearn program is correlated to our NY Engage Math program. The strategies, word problems, and everything is on Zearn.

SKILL of the WEEK

Students measure and round to solve problems in Topics D and E (3.NBT.1, 3.MD.1, 3.MD.2). In these topics they use estimations to test the reasonableness of sums and differences precisely calculated using standard algorithms. Students round to estimate, and then calculate precisely using the standard algorithm to add or subtract two- and three-digit measurements given in the same units (3.NBT.1, 3.NBT.2, 3.MD.1, 3.MD.2).

We have been working on rounding to the nearest ten and hundred. The children have been comparing the estimated answer and the precise answer. The students are rounding and adding 3 digit numbers. We will have a quiz on Topic D on Tuesday. Multiplication Drills are on Thursday.

Don’t forget that there are awesome websites to help your child with his or her skills: Login to Zearn.org or Stride Academy kcc10242

Monday: Round to the nearest hundred on the vertical number line.

Tuesday: Review rounding to the nearest ten and the nearest hundred.

Homework: Complete problems and study for the Rounding Test

Wednesday: Rounding Test

Thursday: Multiplication Drills The student should take any set of multiplication facts that he or she has not made 100 on her this 2nd 9 Weeks. There are 10 scrambled problems to complete in 30 seconds for each set. Add measurements using the standard algorithm to compose larger units twice.This week we will be doing the 8 facts in order. Next week the 8 multiplication facts will be scrambled.

That Quiz: TimeOnline quizzes for all time-related topics: reading the clock, time passed, adding/subtracting with time, conversion of time units, and time zones practice. The quizzes have many levels, can be timed or not, and include lots of options for customization. Easy to use and set up.www.thatquiz.org/tq-g/math/time

Math Mammoth ClockA self-teaching worktext for 1st - 3rd grades that covers telling time (reading the clock), AM/PM, elapsed time, using the calendar, and changing time units. Available as a download ($4.75) and also as a printed copy.

Telling Time WorksheetsMake printable clock face worksheets for telling time to the hour, to the half hour, to quarter hour, to 5-minute intervals, or to the minute. Available both in PDF and html formats. The page includes both ready-made worksheets for grades 1, 2, and 3, and a versatile worksheet generator./worksheets/clock.php

Elapsed Time WorksheetsGenerate printable worksheets for elapsed time. You can practice the elapsed time, finding the starting time, or finding the ending time. The time interval can be to the accuracy of 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, or whole hours.www.mathnook.com/elapsedtimegen.html

We are beginning Module 2 this week. We will have an assessment on Topic A on Friday.

Don’t forget to login to Stride Academy to polish and enhance your Math skills. The login code for Math Stride Academy is kcc10242. We have also started using zearn. Zearn code: GD9F8V This is an awesome tool to help your child learn and review the skills that we are doing in class.

Our Reading and Spelling Test are on today, Monday, September 26.

Monday: Objective: Relate skip-counting by 5 on the clock and telling time to a continuous measurement model, the number line.

Tuesday: Objective: Count by fives and ones on the number line as a strategy to tell time to the nearest minute on the clock.

Wednesday: Objective: Solve word problems involving time intervals within 1 hour by counting backward and forward using the number line and clock.

Thursday: Objective: Solve word problems involving time intervals within 1 hour by adding and subtracting on the number line.

STRIDE ACADEMY is an awesome learning tool that we will be using this year. The Stride ACADEMY login is kcc10242. I have created a quiz to review and assess the skills that we are currently doing during class. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s education. THANKS again for all of your help and support at home!

Zearn code: GD9F8V This is an awesome tool to help your child learn and review the skills that we are doing in class.

Monday: Objective: Model the relationship between multiplication and division.

This activity anticipates multiplication using units of 6, 7, 8, and 9 by decomposing larger facts into smaller known facts. It reviews the break apart and distribute strategy.

Thursday: X drills on the 2, 3, and 4 facts scrambled in 30 seconds. We only quiz on the 1-10. In third grade we do not test the 11 and 12 X facts. There are tips online at highlandhomeschoolinsites under classroom assignments click my name. If your child has scored 100 on the 2,3,or 4 X facts this 9 weeks, then he or she does not need to take the X drills.

Each day we complete a lesson in class. We go over the correct answers and work out all of the problems on our workbook pages. I go over each homework problem with the students in class. As of right now, we complete our homework in class each day before the homework paper goes home. Some of the students are not paying attention during our instruction.

STRIDE ACADEMY is an awesome learning tool that we will be using this year. The Stride ACADEMY login is kcc10242. I have created a quiz to review and assess the skills that we are currently doing during class. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s education. THANKS again for all of your help and support at home!

X drills on the 2, 3, and 4 facts scrambled in 30 seconds. We only quiz on the 1-10. In third grade we do not test the 11 and 12 X facts. There are tips online at highlandhomeschoolinsites under classroom assignments click my name.

Objective: Skip-Count objects in models to build fluency with multiplication facts using units of 4.

STRIDE ACADEMY is an awesome learning tool that we will be using this year. The Stride ACADEMY login is kcc10242. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s education. THANKS again for all of your help and support at home!

Please sign your child’s behavior calendar each night. STRIDE ACADEMY is an awesome learning tool that we will be using this year. The Stride ACADEMY login is kcc10242. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s education. THANKS again for all of your help and support at home!

Thank you for sending Fun Friday treats on Friday!

Monday: Objective: Model division as the unknown factor in multiplication using arrays and tape diagrams.

Tuesday: Quiz on Topic C Objective: Interpret the quotient as the number of groups or the number of objects in each group using units of 2.

Wednesday: Interpret the quotient as the number of groups or the number of objects in each group using units of 3.

Thursday: X drills on the 2 and 3 facts scrambled in 30 seconds. We will also have the 4 X facts in order. If your child has mastered the 2 and 3 X facts, then he or she can try the 4 X facts scrambled. We only quiz on the 1-10. In third grade we do not test the 11 and 12 X facts. There are tips online at highlandhomeschoolinsites under classroom assignments click my name.

Objective: Skip-Count objects in models to build fluency with multiplication facts using units of 4.

Friday: Review quotients and complete the quiz on Topic D

STRIDE ACADEMY is an awesome learning tool that we will be using this year. The Stride ACADEMY login is kcc10242. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s education. THANKS again for all of your help and support at home!

Please sign your child’s behavior calendar each night. This is a wonderful communication tool. Working together we will be able to help our child succeed in learning this year.

School Pictures are August 23.

Thank you for sending Fun Friday treats on Friday!

Monday: Objective: Interpret the unknown in division using the array model.

Tuesday: Objective: Interpret the unknown in division using the array model.

Wednesday: Quiz on Topic B division

Demonstrate the commutativity of multiplication and practice related facts by skip-counting objects in array models.

Thursday: X drills on the 2 and 3 facts scrambled in 30 seconds. We only quiz on the 1-10. In third grade we do not test the 11 and 12 X facts. There are tips online at highlandhomeschoolinsites under classroom assignments click my name.

Friday: Objective: Model the distributive property with arrays to decompose units as a strategy to multiply.

The quiz on Topic B division will be on Tuesday, August 30.

STRIDE ACADEMY is an awesome learning tool that we will be using this year. The Stride ACADEMY login is kcc10242. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s education. THANKS again for all of your help and support at home!

Thank you for sending your precious children to school. We had a good first week of school. Please sign your child’s behavior calendar each night. This is a wonderful communication tool. Working together we will be able to help our child succeed in learning this year.

We use assertive discipline in the third grade. We will be rewarding students for correct behaviors. If a student has 2 or less infractions on his or her behavior calendar, then on Friday he or she will receive a Fun Friday treat. My homeroom please check the list below for Fun Friday dates. If you have not signed up for Fun Friday, then please let me know below.

____I would like to help with Fun Friday treats.

Thank you to Jasmine and Helen Dawkins for sending Fun Friday treats on Friday!

Monday: Objective: Understand equal groups of as multiplication.

Tuesday: Objective: Relate multiplication to the array model.

Wednesday: Objective: Interpret the meaning of factors ─ the size of the group or the number of groups.

Thursday: Assessment on Topic A. Understand the meaning of the unknown as the of the group in division.

Friday: Objective: Understand the meaning of the unknown as the number of groups in division.

We will have multiplication drills on the 2 and 3 multiplication facts. The students will have 10 facts to complete in 30 seconds. We only quiz on the 1-10. In third grade we do not test the 11 and 12 X facts. There are tips online at highlandhomeschoolinsites under classroom assignments click my name. I use the school website to post hello letter, Fun Friday lists, websites to go with each skill, etc. CHECK it out.

STRIDE ACADEMY is an awesome learning tool that we will be using this year. The Stride ACADEMY login is kcc10242. Please email me if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s education. THANKS again for all of your help and support at home!

Fun Friday List

8-12Helen & Jasmine Dawkins THANKS!

8-19Garrett Mason

8-26 Brianna Means

9-2Clayton Stovall

9-9Bryce Poitevint

9-16Dallas Polen

9-23Lauren White

Math Hello Letter for the week of April 25, 2016
Due Date: 4/30/2016
Subject: 3024 Math

Mrs. Phillips

Math Hello Letter

April 25, 2016

Dear Parents,

The Third Grade Field trip is May 17, 2016. We will be going to the planetarium and the zoo. Please see the field trip information sheet for more details.

Most of the students have mastered their multiplication facts. If your child has not mastered his or her multiplication facts, then he or she really needs to study the facts that have not been mastered yet.

STRIDE academy is an awesome tool. Login to Stride Academy kcc10242.

Monday: This week we will have a quiz on this skill and next week we will have a benchmark on it on Wednesday, May 4. Measure and estimate length (inches, feet, yards) , liquid volumes and masses of objects using units of grams (g), kilograms (kg), and liters (l).1 Add, subtract, multiply, or divide to solve one-step word problems involving masses or volumes that are given in the same units, e.g., Solving two step word problems, including those with unknown quantities--2 of 5

Tuesday: Solve problems with kilograms, grams, and liters.

Wednesday: Word problems with length, volumes, and masses

Thursday: Multiplication Drills (only the sets that you have not mastered yet), Quiz on this week’s skill.

We have started the last 9 weeks of school now. Please encourage your child to listen, follow directions, and behave correctly in class. This week we are going to be finishing line graphs, bar graphs, pie graphs, etc. We will also be reviewing word problems with the 4 operations (addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication).

There will be a contest over Spring Break on Stride Academy. The student with the most questions answered with the highest percent correct WILL win a prize! This is an awesome program to help our child excel in Math. THANKS for your help with this. I hope you and your family have a healthy and happy Spring Break!

Monday: Complete questions with graphs Homework: Back of sheet

Tuesday: Reading and creating graphsHomework: questions

Wednesday: Quiz on GraphsHomework: Study X for drills

Thursday: Multiplication drills for the 4th 9 Weeks. This is the first X drills for this 9 weeks. Everyone needs to take them on the 2-9 X facts. If you master a X set, then you will done for the 9 weeks.

*** We will be using multiplication and division in our word problems. If your child has not mastered his or her multiplication facts, then they should study the facts. Multiplication facts are a necessity in Mathematics. THANKS for your help at home!

CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.D.8

3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding.

We will have our 3rd Nine Weeks Post Test on Wednesday. It will be on fractions and geometry. We are working on line graphs, diagrams, bar graphs, charts and other graphs this week. Please continue to study the X facts if your child has not mastered all of them. We will have our first multiplication drills for the 4th 9 Weeks next Thursday. THANKS for all of your help in our child’s education.

Monday: Line graphs and review fractions Homework: 1. After softball, Leslie and Kelly each buy a half-liter bottle of water. Leslie drinks 3 fourths of her water. Kelly drinks 3 fifths of her water. Who drinks the least amount of water? Draw a picture to support your answer. STACK rectangles.

Complete the parts on the Post Test STUDY GUIDE

Tuesday: Review fractions and geometry for the 3rd 9 weeks post test tomorrow. Homework: Heidi lines up her dolls in order from shortest to tallest. Doll A is 2 /4 foot tall, Doll B is 2/ 6 foot tall, and Doll C is 2/ 3 foot tall. Compare the heights of the dolls to show how Heidi puts them in order. Draw a picture to support your answer.

The Fraction Unit is over for the whole class instruction; however, if your child made below 70 on his or her fraction benchmark I will be working with them during intervention time. I will also be sending home extra practice for your child if he or she did not master the fraction skills.

We started our new unit on Friday. We will be working on standard 3.OA.8: Solve two‐step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers using mental computation and estimation strategies including rounding. (This standard is limited to problems posed with whole numbers and having whole‐number answers; students should know how to perform operations in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order. This unit will also include geometry skills (3.G.1).

Please check your child’s highest multiplication scores at the bottom of last week’s hello letter. We have been doing our multiplication drills, since August. I have been doing the X drills the same way all year. For example: Child A makes a 60 on his 6 facts Next X drill: Child A makes an 80= Grade Book: The 60 becomes an 80 in the grade book. It is very important for the children to know his or her facts for these word problems and skills that we are doing in class. I also do oral assessments on the X drills as well. There are websites and tips listed @ highlandhomeschoolinsites under my name in classroom assignments.

Mon.: Solve word problems in varied contexts using a letter to represent the unknown.

Tues.: They explore the attributes of quadrilaterals and classify examples into various categories, including recognizing the characteristics of polygons (3.G.1)

Wed.: Compare and classify polygons.

Thurs.: X Drills on the X facts that you have not mastered in the 3rd 9 Weeks

Don’t forget Stride Academy is an awesome learning tool for your child. The login code is kcc10242. I also have websites listed on the school website. THANKS!

Hello Letter for Feb. 15, 2016
Due Date: 2/22/2016
Subject: 3024 Math

Mrs. Phillips mphillips@crenshaw-schools.org

Math Hello Letter for Feb. 15, 2016

Dear Parents,

Our fraction unit should end this week if the majority of the students master our Fraction Benchmark test on Wednesday. We will begin our new unit on Problem Solving and Geometry on Thursday if everything goes as planned with the test. Students will get intensive practice with word problems, as well as hands-on investigation experiences with geometry and perimeter. Students will solve one- and two-step word problems, classify shapes based on their attributes, learn what a tessellation is, study perimeter and area, and end with a review of Grade 3 fundamental skills. We will have multiplication drills again next week on Thursday, Feb. 25. Thanks very much for all of your encouragement and guidance and home. Please feel free to email me with any questions or concerns about our child. This hello letter and helpful websites are listed on the highlandhomeschoolinsites. Stride Academy login is kcc10242. It is an awesome tool for increasing your child’s math skills.

Monday: We will be reviewing the fraction module for our benchmark test on Wed. Today we will review fractions. This unit concludes the module with comparing fractions that have the same numerator. As students compare fractions by reasoning about their size, they understand that fractions with the same numerator and a larger denominator are actually smaller pieces of the whole (3.NF.3d). Homework: Study guide

Tuesday: Recognize and generate simple equivalent fractions, e.g., 1/2 = 2/4, 4/6 = 2/3. Explain why the fractions are equivalent, e.g., by using a visual fraction model. c. Express whole numbers as fractions, and recognize fractions that are equivalent to whole numbers. Examples: Express 3 in the form of 3 = 3/1; recognize that 6/1 = 6; locate 4/4 and 1 at the same point of a number line diagram. Homework: Study guide

Wednesday: Review the Fraction Unit

Thursday: FRACTION BENCHMARK TEST

Friday: The module begins with solving one- and two-step word problems based on a variety of topics studied throughout the year, using all four operations. Next students explore geometry. Solve word problems in varied contexts using a letter to represent the unknown. We started this on bell work last week. Homework: 1. Lena’s dad gives the cashier $30 to pay for 6 liters of apple cider. The cashier gives him $6 in change. How much does each liter of apple cider cost? SHOW your work in your journal. 2. The apple orchard has 152 apple trees. There are 88 trees with red apples. The rest of the trees have green apples. How many more trees have red apples than green apples?

We will solve word problems with one and two step word problems with addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication.

Thank you for your help and encouragement at home. The students are doing some higher level questioning and reasoning with our fraction problems. Practice makes perfect. One of the students told me that I am fraction crazy. I know that this deep understanding of fractions is going to help each child excel now and in the future. I do not know when our final benchmark on fractions will be yet. Friday we will have a Quiz on our fraction skills thus far. THANKS again for all you do! If you have any questions or concerns, then please feel free to email me @ mphillips@crenshaw-schools.org.

Don’t forget about Stride Academy login code is kcc10242.

Don’t forget to bring your FRACTION strips to school.

Monday: Place whole number fractions and fractions between whole numbers on the number line. Practice placing various fractions on the number line.

Homework: Trevor needs to let his puppy outside every quarter (1 fourth) hour to potty train him. Draw and label a number line from 0 hours to 1 hour to show every 1 fourth hour. Include 0 fourths and 4 fourths hour. Label 0 hours and 1 hour, too.

Tuesday: Compare fractions and whole numbers on the number line by reasoning about their distance from 0. Homework: Draw a number line with endpoints 0 and 3. Label the wholes. Partition each whole into fifths. Label all the fractions from 0 to 3. Box the fractions that are located at the same points as whole numbers. (You will have mixed numbers like 1 and ⅕.)

Wednesday: Understand distance and position on the number line as strategies for comparing fractions. Recognize and show that equivalent fractions have the same size, though not necessarily the same shape. Homework: Review problems/back of sheet

Thursday: Recognize and show that equivalent fractions refer to the same point on the number line. Generate simple equivalent fractions by using visual fraction models and the number line.

Homework: Max ate 2/ 3 of his pizza for lunch. He wanted to eat a small snack in the afternoon, so he cut the leftover pizza in half and ate 1 slice. How much of the pizza was left? Draw a picture to help you think about the pizza. equivalent fractions by using visual fraction models and the number line.

Friday: Fraction Quiz from our previous lessons After the quiz we will be doing:

Express whole numbers as fractions and recognize equivalence with different units.

Decompose (break apart) whole number fractions greater than 1 using whole number equivalence with various models.

Please check this hello letter for daily skills and homework assignments. Your child should also have homework sheets on certain nights. Most of the students are doing a fantastic job on fractions. We will have a fraction test on the sections that we covered the past few weeks on Thursday. I am hoping that everyone does well on that test. Our Fraction Benchmark is scheduled for Wed., Feb. 3. Thank you very much for your help with our child’s education!

Mon.-Build and write fractions greater than one whole using unit fractions.Compare unit fractions with different-sized models representing the whole.

Homework: Journal- Mrs. Jawlik baked 2 pans of brownies. Draw the pans and estimate to partition each pan into 8 equal pieces. a. Mrs. Jawlik’s children gobbled up 10 pieces. Shade the amount that was eaten. b. Write a fraction to show how many pans of brownies her children ate.

Tues.-Specify the corresponding whole when presented with one equal part. Compare unit fractions by reasoning about their size using fraction strips.

Homework: Lee needs one-sixth cup of oil and two-thirds cup of water to make muffins. Will Lee use more oil or more water? Explain your answer using pictures, numbers, and words.

Wed.-Identify a shaded fractional part in different ways depending on the designation of the whole. Compare unit fractions with different-sized models representing the whole and more than a whole. Homework: 1. Tatiana ate 1/ 2 of a small carrot. Louis ate 1/ 4 of a large carrot. Who ate more? Use words and pictures to explain your answer.

Review for your fraction test

Thurs.- Quiz on FRACTIONS Homework: 1. Tatiana ate 1 /2 of a small carrot. Louis ate 1 4 of a large carrot. Who ate more? Use words and pictures to explain your answer.

Thanks for your help in our child’s education. Please check the hello letter for daily standards and objectives. The behavior calendar needs to be initialed nightly. We will have our first multiplication drills next Thursday. I will not have time to do X drills each week. This will be our first drills for the third nine weeks.

Things to remember: Stride Academy login is kcc10242, highlandhomeschoolinsites click under classroom assignments my name for this hello letter and websites

I have many awesome fraction websites for your child to work on at home listed there.

Tues.: Identify and represent shaded and non-shaded parts of one whole as fractions.

Represent parts of one whole as fractions with number bonds.

Homework: Open ended problems below in your journal

Carlia finished 1 fourth of her homework on Saturday. What fraction of her homework has she not finished? Draw and explain.

Johnny made a square peanut butter and jelly sandwich. He ate 1 /3 (one-third)of it and left the rest on his plate. Draw a picture of Johnny’s sandwich. Shade the part he left on his plate, and then draw a number bond that matches what you drew. What fraction of his sandwich did Johnny leave on his plate?

Wed.: Build and write fractions greater than one whole using unit fractions.

Homework: Sheet and review your fraction work. We will have a fraction quiz Thurs.

Thurs.: Fraction Quiz Compare unit fractions by reasoning about their size using fraction strips. Homework: Your friend Eric says that 1/6 is greater than 1/ 5 because 6 is greater than 5. Is Eric correct? Use words and pictures to explain what happens to the size of a unit fraction when the number of parts gets larger. Think about our Brownie Investigation. Stack rectangles into fifths and sixths to explain your work

Homework: Tatiana ate 1/ 2 of a small carrot. Louis ate 1/ 4 of a large carrot. Who ate more? Use words and pictures to explain your answer. Stack your rectangles to help you explain your answer. Label T for Tatiana and L for Louis in your rectangles.

Wednesday: Multiplication drills on the facts that the student has not yet mastered in the second nine weeks. This is the last chance for a higher grade this nine weeks

Check your highest grades at the bottom of this hello letter

Represent and identify fractional parts of different wholes. Homework: Sheet

Thursday: Quiz on identifying equal parts, counting unit fractions, and identifying picture models. Homework from Mon.-Wed. should be used to study for the quiz

Divide a whole into equal parts and define the equal parts to identify the unit fraction numerically.Homework: See the word problem below,sheet

Friday: Introduce word problems with fractions. For example: Bob’s dad partitions his garden into 4 equal-sized sections to plant tomatoes, squash, peppers, and cucumbers. What fraction of the garden is available for growing tomatoes?

Happy new year to you and your family! I am very excited about jumping into our new standards. We will be reviewing tomorrow, wrapping up the second nine weeks, and beginning our new standard on Thursday. Our new standard will be fractions. I introduce this unit by using real brownies. If you can send an uncut 13 X 9 brownie on Thursday for our activity, then please let me know below.

_______Yes, I can send a 13 x 9 whole brownie uncut on Thursday.

_______My child is allergic to an ingredient in a brownie.

THANKS very much for all of your help with our child’s education. The children really learn the concept using a real item.

Tuesday: Review the second nine weeks skills and facts

Wednesday: Multiplication Drills 2-9 X facts that your child has not mastered yet this nine weeks. Finish the skills with the second nine weeks covered before Christmas

Thursday: Brownie introduction investigation,

New STANDARD: Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole. For example, partition a shape into 4 parts with equal area, and describe the area of each part as 1/4 of the area of the shape.

Specify and partition a whole into equal parts, identifying and counting unit fractions using concrete models.

Thank you very much for your help with the sweet shop at the PTA Fall Festival. I sent home thank you notes with each child on Friday before Thanksgiving. I deeply appreciate your help! It was a huge success. We sold out of all of the delicious sweets!

This week we will have a benchmark on perimeter and area on Thursday. We will continue to solve problems with arrays to help with this skill. We will have our 2-8 multiplication facts scrambled in 30 seconds. The 9 facts will be in order this week. Please check your child’s highest multiplication scores at the bottom of this hello letter. We will start 2 and 3 digit multiplication very soon. It is very important for the children to know his or her facts for these word problems and skills that we are doing in class. Here are couple of activities to try at home with our benchmark skill: Measure the area of the rooms in your home to determine which rooms are the smallest and largest. Use grid paper to make rectangles with the same area. Find the perimeter of the outside of your house or a fence.

Homework this week: Back of this letter, study X facts, journal

Monday: Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft, and improvised units). square with side length 1 unit, called "a unit square," is said to have "one square unit" of area, and can be used to measure area. Finding perimeter and area with tiles and arrays Students will use tiling to show in a concrete case that the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths a and b + c is the sum of a × b and a × c. Use area models to represent the distributive property in mathematical reasoning.

Tuesday: Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters. Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths.

Wednesday: Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole-number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning.

Thursday: Benchmark on Perimeter and Area

Friday: Multiplication Drills Study the facts that you have not mastered yet this 9 weeks. Check your grades below. New skill: Multiply by multiples of ten For example: 60 x 9, 30 X 8. This will be our next benchmark test.

First Unit in Third Grade 2015-16
Due Date: 8/24/2015
Subject: 3024 Math

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Trading Stickers, Combining Coins Family Letter

About the Mathematics in This Unit

Dear Families,

Our class is starting a new mathematics unit about addition and subtraction called Trading Stickers, Combining Coins. During this unit, students solve addition problems with 2-digit and small 3-digit numbers, solve subtraction problems involving 2-digit numbers, and find combinations of numbers that add to 100. They work on understanding the place value structure of 3-digit numbers as they solve problems.